Also see Strategy Board Resources page.

"**Five Close Reading Strategies to Support the Common Core**" annotating text - left column asks for what author is saying; right column asks what author is doing (forwarding and countering) a document for those who can't open the link

It Says - I Say - And So this strategy is demonstrated for math - it could also be used in science

**Common Core Reading Strategies** 30+ strategies with examples and templates, compiled by a classroom teacher

//**Close Reading and Writing from Sources**// read through p. 85 on Google Books

CLOSE READING STRATEGIES (mini-unit menu)
"Chapter 3: Preparing for Discussion and Writing: Annotation, Sourcing, and Avoiding Plagiarism" Close Reading and Writing from Sources by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Annotation contributes to the notion that argument is a conversation with text; however, if we don't give students a reason to use their annotations, we limit the potential of the tool. "What they have on the pages in front of them is a visual record of their thinking--ideally of use in discussions and as a means for developing a written response (66)."
  • Digital annotation
  • Self-assessment of notes "...the value of notes lies in what students do with them (75)."
  • "Well-developed notes that are constructed from the start with accurate attributions also serve as a way for students to repurpose them as part of longer pieces (80)."
  • Brenda Spatt in Writing from Sources recommends that students do the following: Find a summarizing sentence within the passage and enclose in quotation marks, or combine elements into a new summarizing sentence, or write your own summarizing sentence. Cite the author's name somewhere in the summary, and use quotation marks around any borrowed phrases or sentences (79).
  • GIST writing identify the main point in each segment of a longer text
  • Diigo keep students organized during the research process; bookmark, highlight, and annotate

WRITING AND TALKING TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE ON TOPIC OR ISSUE (mini-unit menu)
"Chapter 4: Using Evidence in Discussion" Close Reading and Writing from Sources by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Classroom routines to promote discussions:

presentation for Monett Middle School and Laquey content area teachers